Instead, Haslam told his hometown newspaper he was reassuming his role as the CEO of the Knoxville, Tenn.-based chain of truck stops and travel centers because it was “about me realizing my first love is running Pilot Flying J and wanting to return to that job.”

Enter trouble.

Granted, the move seems strange, since Haslam stepped down as the CEO of Pilot Flying J on Sept. 11, when his company hired former PepsiCo president John Compton as its chief executive. Five months later, Haslam went from chairman to CEO, and Compton was a “strategic adviser” to Pilot Flying J, the Browns and the Haslam family.

If you're a Browns fan, you probably want your team's owner to have the franchise for which he paid more than $1 billion as his primary focus.

But ask yourself this: Do you really want Haslam making draft-day decisions and telling Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi which free agents he wants to sign?

Of course not.

That's why I don't see Monday's announcement as the “here we go again” news many fans — and some members of the media — are portraying it to be.

He said he would be in Northeast Ohio “a day or two a week” during the regular season and will spend his weekends wherever his team is playing.

He said he would be around for all the key dates on the NFL calendar — free agency, the draft, training camp, etc.

He doesn't have to live in Bratenahl full-time to prove to us he's not Randy Lerner.

He also doesn't need to be that involved in the draft and some aspects of free agency.

If he has hired the right people to manage the front office, he can be in Tennessee five days a week if he wants.

To me, that's what this debate is really about.

Browns fans don't trust Banner and Lombardi.

That's understandable.

At this point, it would be news, after this exceedingly cruel 14-season run, if the majority of the fans trusted anybody to run the show in Berea.

Haslam being CEO of the family business and owner of one of the NFL's signature franchises won't change that.

Only one thing will, and it brings to mind a memorable quote by Charlie Sheen, who certainly knows a thing or two about ups and downs.

“Duh! Winning!”

Tribe on TV

If you're wondering how Fox Sports, which purchased SportsTime Ohio from the Indians in December, will handle the 2013 season, the broadcast schedule indicates not much has changed in the early going.

Six spring training games will be televised by SportsTime Ohio, with Matt Underwood and Rick Manning on the call. The first Cactus League game, March 17 against the Reds, will be produced in conjunction with Fox Sports Ohio, which also has TV rights to Cincinnati games.

“Spring Training Daily,” hosted by Underwood and Manning, will air live on STO this Monday through Friday, Feb. 18 to 22, from 9:30 to 10 p.m., with replays at 11. Reporter Katie Witham will host a 30-minute show, “Indians 1-on-1,” that will feature interviews with players and coaches. STO says the latter will begin in late March.

Last Friday, the Indians announced 159 of their 162 games would be shown on SportsTime Ohio this season. Two will be televised nationally by Fox, and four of the 159 STO broadcasts will also be shown on WKYC.

The lone game that won't be televised: A July 13 home date against the Royals. The Indians could have televised the Kansas City game by playing it in the afternoon, but chose to make it a night game — which likely will result in a larger crowd. It will be played at 7:05 p.m., which falls during Fox's exclusive Saturday broadcast window.